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In the news

NASA opens $500K UAS competition (Dayton Business Journal)

Sinclair inks major UAS partnerships (Dayton Business Journal)


FAA awards $180K to airport (Dayton Daily News)

Hruban awarded Wright Brothers award (Star Democrat (Easton, MD))

 

On the radar

Sept. 26: Engineers Club, The Wrights v. Glenn Curtiss

Sept. 28: Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Every BODY Let's Move

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Aviation history
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The National Aviation Heritage Area is a part of the National Park Service's National Heritage Areas program.
September 26, 2013
Photo of Dewey Davenport and his 1929 TravelAir.
Dewey Davenport, dba "Goodfolk and O'Tymes Biplane Rides" (Photo: Timothy R. Gaffney)
Two wings yield twice the nostalgia
Dewey Davenport has flown everything from commercial jets to unmanned aircraft (from the ground, of course), but nothing stirs his passion for flight like antique airplanes. Inspired by the barnstormers of yesteryear, Davenport has formed a company doing business as "Goodfolk and O'Tymes Biplane Rides." Based at Skydive Greene County near Xenia, he sells rides in his 1929 Curtiss-Wright Travel Air D-4000 biplane. The airplane is beautifully restored as it was when flown by the legendary wingwalking team of Jimmie and Jessie Woods, who flew as the Flying Aces Air Circus in the 1930s.
Great Wright Brothers Aero Carnival
Coming Oct. 5 to Huffman Prairie
Photo of hayride and hot air balloon on Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Photo: National Park Service

The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park will host the Great Wright Brothers Aero Carnival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, on the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. The event will include a wide variety of family activities, including hay rides, a silent movie theater, a Wright "B" Flyer simulator, static aircraft displays and more. Winners of the aero carnival photo and poetry contests will be announced. Visit aerocarnival.com for more details. 
Tuskegee Airman C. I. Williams dies
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C. I. Williams (Photo: Lima News)

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charles I. "C. I." Williams, a member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, died Sunday, Sept. 22 in Dayton, according to his obituary. He was 96.

Born Oct. 6, 1916 in Hagerstown, Md., Mr. Williams grew up in Lima, Ohio and studied aeronautical engineering at UCLA before joining the Aviation Cadet Flying Training Program at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. After graduating from the program he was commissioned in the U.S. Air Corps as a second lieutenant and flew fighters. His decorations included the Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and the Congressional Gold Medal. The Tuskegee Airmen fought discrimination and segregation to serve their country, and their outstanding performance helped break down the color barrier in the U.S. armed forces. 
Mr. Williams retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel after 23 years and worked for NCR Corp. Prior to his death, he was the oldest living member of the original Tuskegee Airmen. He was well known in Dayton and around the United States as a 
representative of the Tuskegee Airmen.

A funeral service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, 380 S. Broadway St. in Dayton. See his obituary for more information.
Balloon glow Oct. 5 at Carillon Park
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Wrght Flyer III (Photo: Dayton History)

Dayton History will celebrate 108 years of practical flight with a balloon glow and a Wright "B" Flyer flyover at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton. Carillon Park is home to the original Wright Flyer III, which the Wright brothers flew on Huffman Prairie for nearly 39 minutes on Oct. 5, 1905, demonstrating the achievement of a practical flying machine.  
Read the press release for more information about the balloon glow.
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The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is a private, not-for-profit corporation designated by Congress as the management entity of the National Aviation Heritage Area. The Heritage Area encompasses an eight-county area in Ohio (Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Clark, Warren, Champaign, Shelby and Auglaize counties.) NAHA's vision is to sustain the legacy of the Wright brothers and make the Dayton region the recognized global center of aviation heritage and premier destination for aviation heritage tourism.

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